I'm Brazilian, I've always loved music and since I was little I buy and I listen to rock.During the 70's I met a magazine called Pop, which I christened German Pop, since it was of Germanic origin, I did not understand what was written in the great majority, but it was there that I met the groups that I publish here on the blog today.Rock made in Germany is one of my favorites, but my taste is very eclectic.

quinta-feira, 19 de abril de 2018

Martigan - Distant Monsters 2015 (Germany, Neo-Prog)

This Cologne-based foursome from the mid-80's plays some fine neo-prog
in the best tradition of IQ, JADIS, PENDRAGON, early MARILLION and SAGA,
but with a subtle and very pleasant flavour of their own. They went
through quite a few line changes and now feature Alex Bisch on drums,
brother Björn Bisch on guitars, Peter Kindler on bass, Oliver Strahl on
keyboards and Kai Marckwordt on bass, guitar, sax, flute and lead vocals
(a cross between Phil Collins and Dave Cousins, his vocals are truly
outstanding).

Since the mid 90's, the band released two
full-length albums and a maxi CD before the excellent "Man of the
Moment" (2002); this one is the most mature of the lot and contains no
weak tracks. Although no one really stands out, the musicianship is
always sharp, the songwriting well crafted and the vocals sincere and
powerful. If you wish, you can hear the entire album on their website;
the files are highly compressed, however, and the sound quality is very
poor.

If you're into neo prog and the words 'strongly melodic',
'accessible' and 'lush/full sound' appeal to you, you definitely ought
to give their 2002 album a try. We are talking major-league neo-prog
here.